{"id":15023,"date":"2012-09-28T05:04:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T03:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/supersport-retains-english-soccer-rights-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2012-09-28T05:04:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T03:04:36","slug":"supersport-retains-english-soccer-rights-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/supersport-retains-english-soccer-rights-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"SuperSport retains English soccer rights in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">LONDON, Sept 27<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Broadcaster SuperSport has<br \/>\nretained the rights to show live English Premier League soccer<br \/>\nmatches in South Africa, Nigeria and other part of sub-Saharan<br \/>\nAfrica from 2013-2016, the Premier League said on Thursday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but the<br \/>\n20-team league is believed to have secured an improvement on the<br \/>\ncurrent deal which expires at the end of this season.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have worked with SuperSport for a number of years and<br \/>\nare extremely pleased to extend our partnership,&#8221; Premier League<br \/>\nChief Executive Richard Scudamore said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SuperSport, part of the MultiChoice pay TV business, has its<br \/>\nheadquarters in South Africa but broadcasts across the<br \/>\ncontinent.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Premier League is in the process of renewing overseas<br \/>\nbroadcast contracts in territories around the globe. It has<br \/>\nalready secured a 70 percent increase in the value of domestic<br \/>\nTV rights in an agreement worth more than 1 billion pounds<br \/>\n($1.62 billion) per year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>English soccer is available in 720 million households around<br \/>\nthe world and its top clubs have a big global following.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The total value of overseas rights under the current<br \/>\nthree-year deal was around 1.3 billion pounds &#8211; a lot more than<br \/>\nother European leagues can generate for their international<br \/>\nrights.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United said earlier this month that it expected a<br \/>\n&#8220;substantial increase&#8221; in the value of international television<br \/>\ncontracts.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Broadcaster SuperSport has retained the rights to show live English Premier League soccer matches in South Africa, Nigeria and other part of sub-Saharan Africa from 2013-2016, the Premier League said on Thursday. 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